president obama says that mitt romney was not prepared to do or did not support what president obama did with you. mitt romney says that you guys did largely what he was suggesting you do. what the auto industry. tell me what your perspective is on this. >> the basic fundamental difference between the two is that mitt romney says he would have not used any federal money to help these companies except possibly on their way out of bankruptcy. the problem with that approach is that there would have been no out of bankruptcy. they never would have left bankruptcy. these companies had no cash. they could not afford to pay their suppliers. they could not afford to pay the workers. they could not afford to keep their lights on. if we had not provided the money we provided in the spring of 2009 before they went in bankruptcy and during the bankruptcy, they would have never come out of bankruptcy. >> all right. stephen ratner, you would know. you were the auto czar. you were involved in it. good to see you again, stephen. thank you. >> thank you, ali. >>> with three days to go before election